Decatur Public Library-Illinois

Decatur Public Library-Illinois The Decatur Public Library proudly serves Decatur, Illinois and the surrounding areas. We are members of the Illinois Heartland Library System!
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Proudly serving Decatur, Illinois and the surrounding areas! Staff will attempt to answer direct messages only during DPL operating hours. We do recommend you make inquiries by emailing [email protected]

Join us for Yappy Hour!Our PawPrint Ministries dogs read with kids all year — now it's the adults' turn! Meet the dogs, ...
08/31/2026

Join us for Yappy Hour!
Our PawPrint Ministries dogs read with kids all year — now it's the adults' turn! Meet the dogs, hear their stories, and sip a mocktail.
Wednesday, September 9
6:00pm–7:00pm
Register now!
https://www.decaturlibrary.org/event/yappy-hour-8043

Join us for a Mural Unveiling and ReceptionMonday, Aug. 31 at 3:00pm on the Main Floor near the Local History RoomThe n...
08/30/2026

Join us for a Mural Unveiling and Reception
Monday, Aug. 31 at 3:00pm on the Main Floor near the Local History Room
The new mural was hand-painted by local artist Shannon Cook and funded through the Illinois Arts Council's America's 250th Public Art Grant.

302 N. Franklin St. Built around 1913 for the Decatur Model Laundry Co. (the last two pics, date unknown) with several d...
08/28/2026

302 N. Franklin St. Built around 1913 for the Decatur Model Laundry Co. (the last two pics, date unknown) with several different businesses located there over time. First pic from 2/23/55, was when it was Brown's Auto Supply. Its last few years housed the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. office and by 1977 had been bought by the Civic Center Board for $300,000.

Virtual Author Talk- Tues. 9/1 at 1pmThe Democracy We Must Keep: Why the Ideas that Built America Still Matter with Davi...
08/28/2026

Virtual Author Talk- Tues. 9/1 at 1pm
The Democracy We Must Keep: Why the Ideas that Built America Still Matter with David O. Stewart
Award-Winning Historian and Bestselling Author of Impeached and The Summer of 1787
Register and submit questions to the author here: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/194730

Credit For Your FutureFree pizza. Real talk about credit. Learn how your credit score is built, how lenders use it, and ...
08/27/2026

Credit For Your Future
Free pizza. Real talk about credit. Learn how your credit score is built, how lenders use it, and why the choices you make now can shape your future — loans, apartments, jobs, and more. Open to high school seniors, college students, and adults. Registration encouraged
Tuesday, September 15
6:00pm–7:00pm
https://www.decaturlibrary.org/event/your-credit-your-future-7537

Interested in flower design and arrangement? Are you a member of 4-H that wants to try the Horticulture: Floriculture pr...
08/27/2026

Interested in flower design and arrangement? Are you a member of 4-H that wants to try the Horticulture: Floriculture project area and don't know where to start? Join Macon County Master Gardener Karen Tappendorf in collaboration with Macon County 4-H for our Flower Arrangement Workshop Series Preview! Youth will make a Tussie-mussie (small bouquets of hand-held flowers, greenery and/or herbs that originated in Victorian times) and find out more about our upcoming six-part Flower Arrangement Workshop Series starting in January 2027. All materials for your small bouquets will be provided.

This program is for youth ages 8-14.

Registration ends October 17th.

https://extension.illinois.edu/events/2026-10-19-tussie-mussie

Crafts, Teen After-hours Movie Club, Chess, Virtual Story Times, Lotería Night, and MORE!!!Check out the September Event...
08/27/2026

Crafts, Teen After-hours Movie Club, Chess, Virtual Story Times, Lotería Night, and MORE!!!
Check out the September Events and Register now to save your spot!
View DPL's September Calendar here:
https://ow.ly/g0oH50ZEWeN

Address

130 N Franklin Street
Decatur, IL
62523

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 5:30pm

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+12174242900

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